Is pdela back?

Pdela, I firmly believe Trysts to be a Republican-voting truck driver from Georgia ... but don't let me spoil your fantasy And yes, it does seem a little incongruous to complain about alcolists [sic] in a Trysts-inspired thread!

hic... sorry all, what were we talking about????
Oh, let me fill you in! It appears pdela, thinks that a thread called "something, something pdela" is about pdela?! I guess if you live enough, you hear everything!

this is interesting-
"However, prohibiting alcohol sales may actually reduce public safety. Research has found that dry counties have higher proportions of alcohol-related traffic crashes than do wet counties. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.[1] A study of Arkansas noted that wet and dry counties are often adjacent and that alcohol beverage sales outlets are often located immediately across county or even on state lines.[2] Other researchers have pointed to the same phenomenon. Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances [to travel] between home and drinking establishments."[3] From their study, Schulte and colleagues concluded that in dry counties "individuals are driving farther under the influence of alcohol, thus increasing their exposure to crash"
When I lived in Arkansas in a dry county, we live about 30 miles from the Louisiana border. Louisiana is very wet. The kids used to drive the 30 miles to the Stae Line Liquor Store, which I think was literally on the state line, and drink the whole way back. Yes, I was one of those kids, and, yes, I'm aware of highway mishaps that occurred due to this ill advised course of action.
Pdela, this is not your thread. This thread is about the four corners of the U.S. compass, with the additional poor-people areas. This thread hasn't been about you since I took my first puff!